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THIS IS WHY you should pitch your idea while standing waist deep in a freezing water :

Media attention – Pitching from the inside of an ice hole will not only make great marketing material, no! The better your pitch the more media will get interested in you. Through our international livestream hubs and our global marketing efforts, we reach a huge community, to which you will get exposed when pitching from the ice hole. For benchmarking check out CityFalcon, which raised the bigger part of its 0.5m Pounds funding with the clip from Polar Bear Pitching 2017. Or see FlowMotion which outperformed its funding target with jumping into the ice hole and the video material they got from the event.

Get funded – Every year we attract more international VC’s and investors, which closely watch the startups and have discussions afterwards. They like the uniqueness and the warm spirit of the event.

Great prizes – It’s not all just for the fun. You will get your pitch as a personalized clip and you have the chance of winning €10k for sure, also many more prizes are added later on once we get closer to the event.

Amazing personal experience – Jumping into the ice hole and networking in saunas and paljus (hot tubs) is a unique and remarkable experience, which will definitely inspire you. Attending one of the Arctic Experiences we offer will just add more fun.

Meet the right people – Through our uniqueness we attract great startups, investors and speakers. As a participating startup you are able to meet with all of them. Through the small setting and warm spirit of the event the meetings happen in a more private environment.

Enlightening content – Our two day program offers great content in various fields. Listen to keynote speakers and investors from all over the world. Our track system ensures coordinated meetups and networking opportunities with like minded people.

NOT QUITE SURE YET? READ WHAT OUR STARTUPS HAVE SAID ABOUT US!

Standing in the ice hole in front of the excited audience was an amazing once in a lifetime experience. The atmosphere at the event was inspiring as dozens of startups buzzed around in excitement. Personally, the pitch was the hardest one ever. But it got easier after we couldn’t feel our legs anymore. And the fiery feeling after getting out - something we’ll never forget!

Olli Kananen

Virta Ltd

Polar Bear Pitching was THE experience. It was something unique every startup should definitely try. Pitching in a live stream in front of a jury is one thing, but doing it while submerged in frozen sea water... that is insane and hardcore business - and that is why I loved it. It was a true challenge and I enjoyed every second of visiting Oulu and PBP. Smiling volunteers, vivid atmosphere and lovely organizers made this easily one of the best pitching events in Finland. As one of the finalists, we got very good media coverage, not to mention many very promising follow-ups. If you are wondering should you do it - hell yeah!

Timo Kettunen

Founder & CEO

Diske LTD

Polar Bear Pitching was a huge step for us as a company in an early and critical phase. The PR, new contacts and friends we got were amazing and helped us accelerate our growth.

Didrik Dege Dimmen

CMO & Co-founder

FlowMotion technologies

Polar Bear Pitching put us on the map and opened many doors to great opportunities. We were even featured in The Huffington Post!